THE MONKEY AND THE PARROT
On a day recently (says a writer in the, Pastoralists' Review) old Combing, passing down' Lower' George Street, Sydney, saw a, pretty little monkey in ono of the shops for the sale of animals that abound in that delectable quarter. Mrs Combing was fdnd of pets. There had been a capital * season at-Toprail, and a fiver, in consequence, mattered nothing here or there. -So he bought the.' animal, and took.it up to .the station with him. Now, Mrs Combing was the proud possessor of a 'big white cockatoo, whose vocabulary was the de'ight of tho sUtion. Shortly after the arrival of the monkey it and the cockatoo (Peter) happened to be left alone in the dining-room for a time. On her return Mrs Q. found the 'simian sitting disconsolately -on the table '"bleeding from many wounds, whilst > everywhere aronnd were scattered heaps of white and yellow feathers. Aghast, the poor old' lady, with an exclamation of horror; was just setting about to search for j the remains of her favourite, when suddenly ■an absolutely naked bird 3tajked from under the sofa, looking defiantly around, and exclaimed in a rancorous voice: "What a of a tiir.ie we've had this morning." „.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10568, 14 February 1902, Page 1
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204THE MONKEY AND THE PARROT Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10568, 14 February 1902, Page 1
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